Is CVE-2019-1010238 being actively exploited?

CVE-2019-1010238 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-1010238?

CVE-2019-1010238 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

CVE-2019-1010238

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8EPSS 6.3%EU EUVD

Gnome Pango 1.42 and later is affected by: Buffer Overflow. The impact is: The heap based buffer overflow can be used to get code execution. The component is: function name: pango_log2vis_get_embedding_levels, assignment of nchars and the loop condition. The attack vector is: Bug can be used when application pass invalid utf-8 strings to functions like pango_itemize.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.8 (v3.1)
Severity: CRITICAL
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
EPSS score: 6.3% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2019-1980)
Published: July 19, 2019
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2019-1980 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 5, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
gnome / pango
oracle / sd-wan edge
oracle / sd-wan edge
oracle / sd-wan edge
oracle / sd-wan edge
redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server aus
redhat / enterprise linux server tus
redhat / enterprise linux server tus
redhat / enterprise linux server tus
redhat / enterprise linux server tus
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
redhat / openshift container platform
redhat / openshift container platform

Certified products that may be affected

26 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 NSS Cryptographic Module - Red Hat, Inc. - FIPS 140 5513 - active
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Kernel Cryptographic API - Red Hat, LLC - FIPS 140 5461 - active
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Kernel Cryptographic API - Red Hat, Inc. - FIPS 140 5089 - active
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 OpenSSL Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 4642 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 NSS Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 4458 - historical

See all 26 in the Security Certifications Explorer.

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824(Third Party Advisory)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2571(Third Party Advisory)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2582(Third Party Advisory)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2594(Third Party Advisory)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3234(Third Party Advisory)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/-/commits/main/pango/pango-bidi-type.c(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/-/issues/342(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D6HWAHXJ2ZXINYMANHPFDDCJFWUQ57M4/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VFFF4FY7SCAYT3EKTYPGRN6BVKZTH7Y7/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/14(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-03(Third Party Advisory)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4081-1/(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4496(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html(Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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